Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-24
BATTLE OF THE GIANTS.

The Great Game in New York To-Day
"A Close Contest May BE Expected
Comparative Strength of the Teams.
The teams from Yale and Harvard meet
on the Polo grounds in New York at two
o'clock this afternoon to settle the question
concerning the football championship. Each
team has defeated Princeton, Pennsylvania
and Wesleyan, and in the games with the
first mentioned each made the same score,
10 points to 0. The two elevens are SO even
~ matched that prediction of the result at
this writing would hardly be possible. The
wearers of the crimson have been doing some
fine work in football this fall and are an
enemy to be respected at least Their rush
line is a triae heavier than Yale's, but is not
as quick or skillful, while their backs are all
careful players. They are crippled somewhat
to be sure by the loss of Holden, their cap
tain, but the man filing his place is very
competent player. They play strong win
ming game and are fine runners but are weak
in kicking, Sears being the only man on the
team who pretends to kick. Yale on the
other hand not only plays a strong rushing
game, but is also very skillful at kicking and
if the weather is good she will doubtless
keep the ball in the air good portion of the
time. This will trouble the Harvard team as
they will rely solely on their rushing tactics
Yale will play her regular team entire. Wood
ruff is still lame somewhat and Gill has three
painful boils on his neck, while the whole
team is little stiff, due to the exposure in
the Princeton game. Mr.. Cook, formerly of
Princeton 'S9 and who was chosen captain of
this years Princeton eleven, but who did not
return to college, will referee the game and
either Baker or Riggs of Princeton will act as
umpire Yale longs for good weather to-day
SO that Bull, her full back may get in some
of his fine kicking. Under favorable condi-
tons he can drop goal from the field with
ease. May the best team win. Captain Hol-
den expects to witness the game He is i'm
proving rapidly.
Last evenings New York Post says of the
game to-day: Thursday will be great day
in the history of football in this city. The
game in the morning at the Polo grounds
will be called at ten O'Clock, when Wesleyan
and the University of Pennsylvania will face
each other to decide which shall take last
place in the college race. The teams are
evenly matched, and the game will be very
interesting. The e1evens will play as follows:
Responsibilities, Wells, Heath, Fish,
Floy, Eaton, Glenn and Mcdonald; quarter
back, Beatty; half backs, Hamlin and Man
Observation-Disclosures, Mill, Dewey, Tunis,
Scholl, Bowser, Spaeth and Zeigler; quarter
back, McCance; ha1f-backs, Hulme and Gala
day; full-back, Graham.
'fThe afternoon game will begin at o'clock
and if theaNeather is fair the biggest crowd
be seen. Harvard and Yale have each won
three games Dy the following scores Harvard
vs.. Princeton, 12 to 0; vs.. Wesleyan, 10 to
o; vs.. University of Pennsylvania, A to O.
Yale's scores against the same team were 10
to O, 68 to 4 and so to O. Thus Harvard has
played so far without having a single point
scored against her, while Wesleyan succeeded
in getting a touchdown from Yale. At pres
emit Yale is the choice for winner but
her friends may be disappointed.
Harvard's rush tactics are better than
Yale's, but Yale's team is com
win she will do SO by reason of superior
weight. Her team is certainly the best she
has ever put in the field and the strain on
both elevens will be intense. The men will
be placed as follows: Harvard-Rushers,
Cumnock, Woodman, Wood, Markoe, Traf-
Harding; half backs, Boyden and Porter;
full back, Sears Yale-Rushers, Wallace,
Gill, Carter, Corbin, Woodruff, Cross, Pratt;
quarterback, Beecher half backs, Graves
'88 and Graves 81; full back, Bull If Sears
is unable to- play, and it seems probable,
SAKE will play in his place"
Yale In Expected to win.
NEW York, Nov. 23.-Great interest is
manifested in tomorrow afternoons football
match between Yale and Harvard on the Polo
grounds. College students from Harvard,
Yale, Princeton, Wesleyan, Williams, Am
herst, the University of Pennsylvania and
Columbia have engaged all the tally-hos in
the vicinity to take them to the grounds and
will turn out in force to give encouragement |
to their respective favorites. It is estimated |
that fully fifteen Thousand persons will wit |
ness the game and the impression here is that |
Yale will win if her team is not weakened by |
the withdrawal of the two Graves, the half |
backs The game will be called at 2 p. m. |
The Wesleyan and University of Pennsylva-
mia teams play in the morning at 10 o'clock
on the same grounds Wesleyan is expected |
to win. 1